A textile company has six dye making machines. From historic…
A textile company has six dye making machines. From historical records, the company’s production manager estimates that the following are the probabilities of how many machines typically break down during any three months: # of Machine Breakdowns Probability 0 2% 1 12% 2 15% 3 28% 4 27% 5 13% 6 3% What is the expected number of machines breaking down over any three month period?
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In a study of foreign bank holdings in the US banks, year-end shares of assets in the US bank subsidiaries held by foreigners (as a percentage of total assets) was related to: X1 = Annual change in billions of dollars, in foreign direct investment in the US (excluding finance, insurance, and real estate);X2 = Bank price – earnings ratio;X3 = Index of exchange value of the dollar. The regression results from the sample data gave the following population parameter estimates: constant = -3.248b1 = .101 b2 = -.244 b3 = .057 R2 = .93 What is the estimate year-end share of assets in the US bank held by foreigners for a particular year if the annual change in the foreign direct investment in the US (excluding finance, insurance, and real estate) was $50 billion, the bank price-earnings was 12, and the index of exchange value of the dollar was 175?
Read DetailsThe following problems (23 – 27) are related with the follow…
The following problems (23 – 27) are related with the following information: The comparative balance sheets for the Bale Company for Year 1 and Year 2 are presented below. The dividend declared and paid in Year 2 is $13,500. Year 1 Year 2 Cash $36,000 $48,000 Noncurrent Assets 132, 000 183,000 Total Assets $168,000 $231,000 Current Liabilities $0 $0 Noncurrent Liabilities 99,000 75,000 Total Liabilities $99,000 $75,000 Contributed Capital $49,500 $90,000 Retained Earnings 19,500 66,000 Total Shareholders’ Equity $69,000 $156,000 Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $168,000 $231,000 The net income of year 2 is: (3 points. Please write positive cash flows as $xx,xxx and negative cash flows as -$xx,xxx)
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